Cathay Capital Private Equity

Cathay Capital Private Equity is an international private equity firm based in Paris, France, founded in 2006. The firm specializes in cross-border investments, focusing on the international expansion of small and middle-market companies across North America, China, and Europe. With a dedicated team of 60 professionals located in key financial hubs such as New York, Shanghai, Beijing, Paris, Munich, and Silicon Valley, Cathay Capital employs a unique strategy to create long-term value for its portfolio companies. The firm manages over $1.5 billion in assets and has executed buyouts and growth capital investments in various sectors, including consumer products, business services, digital services, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, education, e-commerce, software, and logistics.

Bruno Bezard

Managing Partner

Mingpo Cai

Founder and President

Jean-Francois Cochy

Associate

Lanchun Duan

Managing Partner

Jun MA

Partner

Stephen Oesterle

Venture Partner

Andre Puong

Partner

Ricky Roman

Investment Director

Mark Woods

Partner and Head of North American Private Equity

Xiao Xiao

Vice President

Zhao Jing

Managing Partner

Past deals in Beijing

Bochuangliandong

Series B in 2019
Beijing Bochuangliandong Technology Co., Ltd. specializes in developing and manufacturing intelligent control and monitoring platforms for commercial vehicles. Founded in 2015 and based in Beijing, the company offers a range of products, including smart monitoring hardware, GPS terminals, and electronic control systems, alongside software solutions for vehicle management, agricultural information management, and financial risk control. Bochuangliandong focuses on enhancing agricultural production efficiency through advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data, promoting automatic driving capabilities and enabling significant improvements in farming practices. Their comprehensive solutions aim to support agricultural practitioners in optimizing operations and reducing costs, contributing to the development of intelligent agricultural systems in China.

Light Theto

Series B in 2019
Light theto Beijing Science and Technology Development Co manufacture and application of, for customers to provide complete diffraction optical solutions. Company has the international first-class R & D team and mature production technology, developed with independent intellectual property rights of the world's leading diffractive optical design software; and pioneering the use of the most advanced nanometer manufacturing process, and a stable and efficient mass production copying process, batch production a leading international of diffractive optical elements.

MagMode

Series C in 2018
MagMode is a men's fashion brand incubator. The company has opened three stores in Beijing, and plans to open more in other major cities in China. It also operates a mobile app featuring the latest international fashion trends and concepts. Initiated by editor-in-chief of the world’s top fashion magazine, fashion director, writer and artist, Magmode collaborates each season with fashion publishers, artists and designers from fashion’s origins including Europe and Japan in order to find and select the most promising designers of the season. Given proper consideration to subtle details, each collection is tailored to best fit Asian figures. By offering a cultural initiative to discuss possibilities of life, Magmode redefines fashion boutique through various means including workshops, photos, videos and publications, with absolute dedication to become an incubator and advocate for fashion and culture. Founded in 2015 by Cai Chongda, the company is headquartered in Minhang, Shanghai, China.

Withwheat

Angel Round in 2016
Withwheat is a bakery chain that focuses on producing high-quality European-style soft bread and a variety of baked goods, including pastries and fruit cakes. The brand is known for its commitment to health-conscious baking, utilizing significantly lower amounts of sugar and oil compared to traditional bread, and avoiding preservatives, trans fats, and artificial flavors. This emphasis on quality and health has resulted in strong consumer demand. Withwheat operates micro shops throughout Beijing, allowing for efficient distribution of its products to a wide audience.

Momenta

Momenta is an autonomous driving startup operating out of Beijing. Its deep-learning-based software in perception, HD semantic mapping, and data-driven path planning enables the realization of full autonomy. Momenta offer multi-level autonomous driving solutions as well as big data products and services. Momenta’s team is composed of experts in computer vision and deep learning, including one of the authors of Faster R-CNN and ResNet, the most popular deep learning network, as well as winners of ImageNet 2015, MS COCO Challenge 2015, and ImageNet 2017. The company is leading the autonomous driving software space with advanced technical competence and a strong commitment to innovation.
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